Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-27
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NOT BIGAmY. BUr xURDsR.
Braiemsn sehwsrts Breusht Sses
20 Face with Hts Crime.

A Chicago 0ll.) special says: In
most unexpected manner to-day the
perpetratien Of the great Rock lslsnd
train robbery WAS directly charged
against Henry SCHWARTZ. q former
brakeman of the road. He is tonight
in the custody Of officers from the place
where the crime was committed, and
will have 10 answer indictments notonly
for the robbery, but also for the murder
of Express Messenger Nichols. Some
time ago Schwartz was arrested here
os.ensibly ON a charge OF blgamy.
There was more or less reason for
holding him on that account. but the
fact OF his having been one OF the
bnkemen on Nicholas train the night
OF the robbery, aud since then has
been spending money freely, led 10 mo
impression that he was held for train
robbery. The Rock Island officials
and detectives denied that such WA
the case, and Schwartz himself boldly
detied any one 10 incriminate him IN
that respect Until to-day he has re-
manned quietly in jail.
a
This afternoon Schwartz's attorneys
went To the Circuit Court while Judge
Anthony was trying q murder case and
privately stated 10 the Judge that their
client was ready to give bail Tie CIR
cumstances surrounding his arrest had
80 completely dropped ont of public
attention recently that the Judge
did not recollect anything Of the
matter and he fixed the bad
as requested. naming $1,000 IA the
amount. Sureties were waiting IN tho
corridor, and Schwartz would have
been released in snort order had not An
attendant accidentally overheard some
of the conversation III the hall and hur-
riedly telephoned the officials who ar
rested Schwartz. An answer WAS quickly
returned to Judge Anthony. who de-
laycd somewhat in signing the papers.
RRARREsrED FOR MURDER.
Before Schwartz had enjoyed mo-
ment of liberty he was seized by tive
officers holding capiases that had bees
provided for Just such an emergency.
these documents showed that SCHWARTZ
had been indicted by the grand jury ~
Gundy county for murder and high
way robbery. A cab was called at
once. into which Schwartz, handcuffed
and closely guarded, was placed and
quickly driven to tho depot He ~
now at Morris, ILL.,, where he will have
an examination tomorrow.
wELL-MATUREp PLANS.
The most extraordinary part Of tho
entire occurrence was the elaborate
measures taken by Schwartz's attorneys
on the one side and the police authori-
ties on the other. Sheriff Matson had
! his cab at the Dearborn-avenue entrance
to the Jail, while the prisoners lawyers
had carriage in waiting in front Of
the Michigan-street door. When the
bail-bond had been signed the sheriff
insisted on conveying Scwartz out
ria Dearborn avenue. Remon-
strances from the attorneys went
unheeded, and it was while conveying
Schwartz through the long gallery inter.
yening between the courtroom and
Dearborn avenue that the Grundy-
county capids was served. Before tho
lawyers could make their way around
the outside of the building SCHWARTZ
was well on the road 10 a special train
that the Rock Island officials had in the
brief interval provided for his special
benefit